Posted on 12/28/2017 3:09:15 PM PST by blam
How come running a numbers racket is legal for the state, but they will throw you or me in jail for it?
If you’re worried about too much risk vs reward in the power ball or mega million lotteries, play it safe with your money & buy some bitcoin.
Our Founding Fathers played lotteries.
Sheesh. Nothing wrong with spending a few bucks on a dream.
That is a lot of gymnastics to go through to show you that the ticket is a sucker bet, but so is the pass line of a craps table over time.
The only way to certainly win is don’t play.
LOL...vewry, vewry good!
It’s a very bad idea to buy a ticket... except of course for the lucky dude that wins. The concept is that wagering a negligible dollar or two, for a very distant chance to have 300 million drop on your head, is pretty sensible unless you’re utterly broke.
Someone buy me a ticket and if I win I’ll pay you back.
“How come running a numbers racket is legal for the state, but they will throw you or me in jail for it?”
Criminals hate competition.
How come threatening to lock your neighbor in your basement if he doesn't give you a third of his paycheck is bad, but the government gets to do it?
Had a Boss that told me lottery tickets were a tax on people who were bad at math. I told him that at 200,000,000 to 1 the odds were infinitely better than getting rich working for him.
The grand prize ticket may be a high-risk little reward situation for MOST ALL the buyers of the lottery ticket, but not for one - the winner.
Its for the Children...
If you did it then it would be for selfish reasons!
Do I need to add the sarcasm tag?
Math can do interesting things.
LOL, as a boss myself, I appreciate that candor/humor.
Fair enough. Now how about being fair and balanced and posting similar stories of individuals whose lives were changed for the better following their lottery wins? They certainly number more than the 20 losers you posted............
BFL! I’m off to buy my tickets before I read this.
If I spend money on a lottery ticket, I consider it entertainment money, like a movie. Throw away essentially.
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